Illustration: In a compact apartment hobby room, a railway enthusiast bends delightedly over a model train, examining its tiny undercarriage with a magnifying glass. Shelves behind hold many meticulously arranged trains with subtly different body shapes.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

マニア

mania

enthusiast

Often follows the name of an interest, as in 車マニア. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. トムは数学すうがくマニアなんだ。

    Tom is a math geek.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. あいつはカーマニアだから、車くるまのことならなんでも知しってるよ。

    He’s a car nut. Ask him anything.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この説せつは学界がっかいは別べつとして、古代史こだいしマニアの間までは一定いっていの評価ひょうかを受うけている。

    This new theory is accepted among ancient history fanatics, but not academically.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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